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Stealthy but Dangerous: Defending Against Password Spraying Attacks in Active Directory

In today's digital landscape, where cyber threats seem to emerge every day, understanding how to protect our online identities and organizations is essential. One of the sneaky yet dangerous methods hackers use to infiltrate systems is through a password spraying attack. This article aims to unravel what password spraying is, how it works, and, most importantly, how organizations can defend against it, especially in environments that use Active Directory.

Elevating Your Active Directory with Routine Health Checks

In the realm of IT infrastructure management, Active Directory (AD) stands as the cornerstone for many organizations. It's the backbone, the central nervous system, connecting users, computers, printers, and other resources within a network. But like any critical system, AD requires regular maintenance to ensure it operates smoothly and securely. Enter routine health checks - the proactive measures that can take your AD environment from good to great.

Active Directory Monitoring: Why You Need it and How to Do it Right

Active Directory (AD) is in many ways the lifeblood of your network, especially in terms of user and identity management. AD has become the core directory service for most enterprises, keeping track of users and IT assets, allowing all these to be identified and manipulated. Because Active Directory houses all these identities and logs the enterprise’s IT assets, IT can spot breaches and abnormal behavior through this directory data.

Deploy Site24x7's monitoring agent on multiple servers (over 20k) using Active Directory

Enterprises employ tens of thousands of servers for their IT infrastructure. An ideal server monitoring tool should be cross-platform adaptable and require minimal manual intervention during setup. Utilize the instructions in this post to monitor all of your servers from just one interface in Site24x7.

How to effectively streamline AD actions with automation

Organizations worldwide use Active Directory (AD) to manage users, devices and data. The world moves at a fast pace, and it demands that tasks be performed as quickly and efficiently as possible. How many times have you had to create a user account in AD manually? Change passwords? Update group memberships? You could add so many other repetitive AD administrative tasks to this list.

How to Install Active Directory (AD) Users and Computers (ADUC)

Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) is a management tool that provides a graphical user interface for managing and organizing the elements of a Windows Active Directory (AD) domain. Key functions include user, group, organizational unit, and computer management, as well as control of security and permissions and trust relationships between domains. ADUC provides system administrators with a centralized interface, simplifying complex tasks and enhancing the security of Windows environments.

Azure AD Connect: What It Is and How to Configure It

Azure AD Connect offers organizations the power of hybrid identity solutions, providing a seamless bridge between on-premises Active Directory and Azure Active Directory. This guide will introduce the functions and features of Azure AD Connect, from understanding its core purpose to configuring it securely. With this information, you’ll have the knowledge needed to set up and maintain a robust hybrid identity solution.

What Is Group Policy in Active Directory?

Few tools are as crucial and multifaceted as Group Policy within the context of Active Directory (AD) — though it often goes underutilized. For system administrators and network managers, mastering Group Policy is a powerful tool that should never be overlooked. This article will take you through the landscape of Group Policy, offering a comprehensive and all-inclusive breakdown of its principles, capabilities, and applications within the robust framework of Active Directory.